List of species on Caroline Island
Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean:
Flora
Trees
Shrubs
Herbs
- Achyranthes canscens
- Boerhavia repens
- Heliotropium anomalum
- Ipomoea macrantha
- Ipomoea violacea
- Laportea ruderalis
- Lepidium bidentatum
- Lepturus repens
- Lygodium microphyllum
- Phyllanthus amarus
- Phymatosorus scolopendria
- Portulaca lutea
- Psilotum nudum
- Sida fallax
- Tacca leontopetaloides
- Tribulus cistoides
Fauna
Nesting seabirds
- Black noddy (Anous minutus)
- Blue-grey noddy (Procelsterna cerulea) (Kepler)
- Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
- Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
- Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
- Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) (Kepler)
- Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscata)
- White tern (Gygis alba)
Other birds
- Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
- Lesser golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica) (Kepler)
- Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis)
- Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Reef heron (Egretta sacra) (Kepler)
- Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Kepler)
- Sanderling (Crocethia alba) (Kepler)
- Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus ponapensis)[1]
- Wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
Lizards
- Azure-tailed skink (Emoia cyanura) (Kepler)
- Emoia impar (Kepler)
- Moth skink (Lipinia noctua) (Kepler)
- Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) (Kepler)
- Polynesian gecko (Gehyra oceanica) (Kepler)
- Snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) (Kepler)
Mammals
- Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops gilli) (Kepler)
- Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) (Kepler)
Turtles
- Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Crabs
- Coconut crab (Birgus largo)
- Red spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus) (Kepler)
- Scarlet crab (Cornobita perlatus) (Kepler)
Polychaetes
- Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula tetratropia)[2]
Notes
- ^ "Short-eared Owl ssp ponapensis - Asio flammeus ponapensis". Observation.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
- ^ P.A. Hutchings, ed. (1984). "Harry A. ten Hove (1984). Towards a phylogeny in serpulids (Annelida; Polychaeta)". Proceedings of the first International Polychaete Conference. Sydney: The Linnean Society of New South Wales. pp. 181–196. ISBN 0-9590535-0-6.
References
- Kepler, A.K.; C.B. Kepler (February 1994). "The natural history of the Caroline Atoll, Southern Line Islands". Atoll Research Bulletin. 397–398. Archived from the original on 2007-03-11.